yum_cron
yum-cron
Install and configure yum-cron or dnf-automatic to automatically install updates on RHEL.
Requirements
None
Role Variables
The configuration options for RHEL 6 and RHEL 7 are different. The options for RHEL 7 and 8 are mostly the same.
On RHEL 7, there are daily and hourly configuration files. You may use one option for both, or define daily and hourly keys within the variable and it will be used in the appropriate template. See defaults/main.yml for examples.
Note that not all options are independently configurable. Options that take independent daily and hourly commands are indicated by by a *.
Also note that boolean values, such as true and false, must be quoted to ensure they are literal strings since the underlying config files are expecting true and false, not True and False.
RHEL 7/8 Variables
| Name | Default Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
yumcron_update_cmd |
default |
What kind of update to run. * |
yumcron_update_messages |
{daily: 'yes', hourly: 'no'} |
Whether message should be emitted when updates are available. * |
yumcron_download_updates |
{daily: 'yes', hourly: 'no'} |
Whether updates should be downloaded if available. * |
yumcron_apply_updates |
false |
Whether to install updates if available. |
yumcron_random_sleep |
{daily: 360, hourly: 15} |
Max time to randomly sleep in minutes. |
yumcron_system_name |
None |
Name to use for the system when messages are emitted. * |
yumcron_emit_via |
stdio |
How to send messages. Valid options are stdio and email. |
yumcron_output_width |
80 |
Width in characters of emitted messages. |
yumcron_email_from |
root@localhost |
Email to send messages from. |
yumcron_email_to |
['root'] |
List of email addresses to send messages to. |
yumcron_email_host |
localhost |
Name of host to connect to to send email messages. |
yumcron_group_list |
None |
List of groups to update. |
yumcron_group_package_types |
['mandatory, 'default'] |
Types of group packages to install. |
yumcron_debuglevel |
0 |
Use this to filter yum core messages. |
yumcron_skip_broken |
[undefined] |
|
yumcron_mdpolicy |
group:main |
|
yumcron_assumeyes |
[undefined] |
Auto-import new gpg keys (dangerous). |
yumcron_command_format |
cat |
|
yumcron_stdin_format |
{body} |
RHEL 6 Variables
| Name | Default Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
yumcron_yum_parameter |
'' |
|
yumcron_check_only |
'no' |
Just run check-update and do not download or install any packages. |
yumcron_check_first |
'no' |
Ensure repos are reachable before doing anything. |
yumcron_download_only |
'no' |
Only download updates but do not install them. |
yumcron_error_level |
0 |
Value passed to --errorlevel yum command line option. |
yumcron_debug_level |
0 |
Value passed to --debuglevel yum command line option. |
yumcron_randomwait |
60 |
Value passed to --randomwait yum command line option. |
yumcron_mailto |
'' |
Address to send messages to. |
yumcron_systemname |
'' |
Name of system to use in messages. |
yumcron_days_of_week |
'0123456' |
Day numbers to run. |
yumcron_cleanday |
'0' |
Day to clean yum cache. |
yumcron_service_waits |
'yes' |
Whether or not to wait for service to complete before shutting down in the event the service manually is stopped while it's running. |
yumcron_service_wait_time |
300 |
Max wait time in seconds for the service to wait before returning failure. |
Dependencies
None
Example Playbook
- hosts: all
vars:
yumcron_apply_updates:
daily: 'yes'
hourly: 'no'
roles:
- samdoran.yum-cron
License
Apache 2.0